Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.  (1 Cor. 8:1) Our modern world is sometimes called the “Information Age”.   We have more knowled...

 Epiphany 3 – January 21, 2024 National Lutheran Schools Sunday Today we welcome the children and families of our school, MLCA as part of ou...

One of the themes set forth in today’s readings is the importance of “vocation” or “calling”.  God calls people.  He calls us, first of all,...

  Today we observe Epiphany, the Christmas of the Gentiles, as it is sometimes called.  An “epiphany” is a manifestation or appearance.  It’...

  The Presentation of our Lord and the Purification of Mary Today, we have the epilogue of Luke’s nativity account,   with the story of Jo...

1 Kings 8:12-21 John 2:13-22 We’ve seen King Saul, a coward and ultimately unfaithful king who stood as a foil for both David and Jesus.   W...

  Last week we heard from St. Mark’s Gospel about John the Baptist.   Today we hear from St. John’s Gospel – also about the forerunner of Ch...

  2 Samuel 11:1-5, 22-27; 12:1-7a, 13-14 John 8:1-11 There she was in all her beauty, for David’s lustful eyes to see.   But that beauty bro...